Dr. Ralph Wurbs

Two Zachry Department of Civil Engineering faculty members were recently appointed Freese and Nichols Faculty Fellows.

Dr. Scott Socolofsky, associate professor of coastal and ocean engineering, and Dr. Ralph Wurbs, associate director of the Texas Water Resources Institute and professor of water resources engineering, are the first faculty members to hold this appointment.

Dr. Scott Socolofsky

The new fellowship, established by Freese and Nichols Inc. and its president and CEO Robert F. Pence ’72, is intended to bring industry and academia together in the areas of environmental engineering, water resources and fluid mechanics.

Socolofsky and Wurbs were selected for the appointment for their teaching and scholarly achievements.

With the three-year appointment comes a $7,000 per year discretionary fund to support the appointees’ teaching and research activities.

Written by Cassidy Thomas

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